diff --git a/doc/image-guide/source/image-formats.rst b/doc/image-guide/source/image-formats.rst index 5dd83d385a..d81a397bc3 100644 --- a/doc/image-guide/source/image-formats.rst +++ b/doc/image-guide/source/image-formats.rst @@ -15,28 +15,28 @@ the information contained in a virtual machine disk image. Set the disk format for your image to one of the following values: -raw - An unstructured disk image format; if you have a file - without an extension it is possibly a raw format. -vhd - The VHD disk format, a common disk format used by virtual - machine monitors from VMware, Xen, Microsoft, VirtualBox, and others. -vmdk - Common disk format supported by many common virtual machine monitors. -vdi - Supported by VirtualBox virtual machine monitor and the QEMU emulator. +aki + An Amazon kernel image. +ami + An Amazon machine image. +ari + An Amazon ramdisk image. iso An archive format for the data contents of an optical disc, such as CD-ROM. qcow2 Supported by the QEMU emulator that can expand dynamically and supports Copy on Write. -aki - An Amazon kernel image. -ari - An Amazon ramdisk image. -ami - An Amazon machine image. +raw + An unstructured disk image format; if you have a file + without an extension it is possibly a raw format. +vdi + Supported by VirtualBox virtual machine monitor and the QEMU emulator. +vhd + The VHD disk format, a common disk format used by virtual + machine monitors from VMware, Xen, Microsoft, VirtualBox, and others. +vmdk + Common disk format supported by many common virtual machine monitors. Container formats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ a file format that also contains metadata about the actual virtual machine. You can set the container format for your image to one of the following values: -bare - The image does not have a container or metadata envelope. -ovf - The OVF container format. aki An Amazon kernel image. -ari - An Amazon ramdisk image. ami An Amazon machine image. +ari + An Amazon ramdisk image. +bare + The image does not have a container or metadata envelope. docker A docker container format. +ovf + The OVF container format.